Terry McAuliffe must have a memory problem, or an honesty problem. He’s running for governor in Virginia, and was out on the campaign trail touting his support for the coal industry. “I was over at Alpha Natural Resources talking about…
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Obama Kills Off Another Coal Plant Along With 3900 Jobs
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
he Obama administration has done it again. Chase Power was planning a high-tech coal power plant in Texas, but had to scrap the project because of EPA regulations. President Obama did promise to cripple the coal industry and send electricity…
Obama’s War On Coal Marches Through Georgia
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
President Obama’s war on coal continues, and the people of Georgia are it’s latest victims. Tough federal emissions standards are being blamed for the closure of 15 coal-fired plants and the loss of nearly 480 jobs in Georgia. Georgia Power…
Obama Killing Another Coal Plant
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
Another coal plant is biting the dust thanks to President Obama and his war on coal. Coal took another serious hit Wednesday — in the heart of coal country. American Electric Power, or A.E.P., the nation’s biggest consumer of coal,…
Carbon Tax May Be Part Of Fiscal Cliff Deal
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
President Obama’s push to kill the coal industry continues. Reportedly, he wants a new carbon tax included in a fiscal cliff deal. Freedom Works has the details. The notion of such a tax has once again resurfaced while Congress debates…
EPA Gearing Up To Ram Through Coal Killing Regulations After Election Day
by Lonely Conservative • • 12 Comments
Whether President Obama wins or loses on Tuesday the EPA is ready and waiting for the election to end so they can ram through some more regulations that will kill the coal industry. They knew that doing this before the…
West Virginia Democrats Fuming Over Obama’s War On Coal
by Lonely Conservative • • 7 Comments
Democrats in West Virginia are fuming over the war on coal being waged by President Obama’s EPA. Who can blame them, when it’s costing their constituents jobs? Energy giant Consol announced Tuesday that it will idle its surface mining operations…
Why Does Obama Hate Coal Miners And Appalachia? – Updated
by Lonely Conservative • • 36 Comments
Boy, President Obama sure does have a problem with coal miners. He promised them he would bankrupt their employers, and he’s been doing his best to keep that promise. But it’s not just the coal miners his administration is hurting,…
Coal Miners To Obama: Stop Lying! – Update – Video Added
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
On Friday Ohio coal miners publicly read a letter they sent to President Obama asking that his campaign people stop lying about them. After hundreds of them appeared at a rally for Mitt Romney, the Obama campaign said that the…
Obama Should Have Put Off His War On Coal Until The Second Term, At Least If He Wanted To Win
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
What’s a statist president to do? Enact a war on coal because he believes in it and risk swing state voters; or wait until his second term when it’s too late for those swing state voters? Well, we all know…
House to Vote Friday to End Obama’s War on Coal
by Lonely Conservative • • 9 Comments
It is not a good time to be a coal miner, thanks to President Obama and the various agencies he overseas operating by fiat. The regulations they’ve unleashed on the coal industry are destroying jobs every day. So this Friday…
Upstate New York Coal Plant to Shut Down Leaving Local Employer Scrambling
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
The Syracuse Post Standard reported that a coal-powered cogeneration plant in Solvay, NY will be going out of business in the near future, leaving another business scrambling to come up with a replacement power source. The coal plant will be…
Five Republican Senators Voted to Help the EPA Kill the Coal Industry
by Lonely Conservative • • 14 Comments
Earlier this week I told you about a Senate vote to rein in the EPA and stop the regulations that will all but kill the coal industry. Today the measure was defeated by the Democrats. They had a little help…
Get Ready for the Big Obama Bump in Your Electric Bill
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
President Obama’s anti-coal policies are about to hit millions of Americans in the wallet. Get ready for the great, big Obama-bump in your electric bill. Last week the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a shocking drop in power sector coal…